New samples

Alex stopped in Saturday morning with my finished Nightshift. This one was knit with Noro Ito in colours 80 & 96. Yes I loved knitting it. Yes I will knit the shawl again. 😍

Alex also brought in my Ooey Gooey Cowl. Sorry for the poor pictures but you get the idea about how the cowl looks. Andrea put a twist in hers but I left it out of mine. I would highly recommend this pattern.

My kit is Bitter Pill.

I hope everyone had a good Easter weekend. It was busy at my house yesterday. We were up by 8 and didn’t sit down until the last guests left at 8:30. Everyone had a great day - especially my dad which is why Beth and I do it.

I spent the morning in the store and all orders placed over the weekend have shipped. A newsletter has been written and was sent. Here is a link to it if you don’t receive our newsletters. Now I need to work on LYS Day. Dad and I will be on a plane to Calgary two weeks from today. Everything has to be ready before we get on the plane.

New Sock Pattern

Meet Lisa K. Ross’ Perennial Sock pattern that you can purchase on Ravelry.

Perennial plants come back year after year, bringing joy, life, and color to our world. These toe-up socks featuring wildflower stitches are the perfect way to capture the spirit of springtime. They are a bit of happiness for your feet that can be worn all year long. It’s the perfect canvas to play with beautiful yarns, transitioning colors through a combination of garter, stockinette, and easy-to-knit wildflowers.

The socks are knit with fingering weight yarn. Lisa used a Theme Pack from Emma’s. 

I’ll tell you a bit more about this during the week. It’s my train knitting.

Tonight’s movie is The Parent Trap with Lindsay Lohan . It is Beth’s favourite movie - she can almost recite the whole thing. 

LYS Day 2026

Meet the Saga Sweater from PetiteKnit. You can purchase the pattern on Ravelry.

The Saga Sweater is worked from the top down in a texture pattern. First, the top part of the back yoke is worked back and forth on the needle with increases. Then, the shoulders are worked from stitches that are picked up and knitted along the back yoke. The work is then joined on a circular needle to be worked in the round while stitches are picked up and knitted for the sleeves, and the rest of the yoke is worked in the round with raglan increases. The body and the sleeves are worked in the round on a circular needle. At the end, a rib neck edge is worked along the neck opening. 

Begin by knitting a swatch to determine which needle size will give you the correct gauge in the textured pattern. The swatch can be worked using a chart in the pattern. 

The texture pattern is knitted based on the charted pattern.

My mind has been racing about LYS Day. We’re going to have fun in the store on Saturday April 25th. The store will open at 11am and we will stay open until 4pm.

We are going to have draws throughout the day. Every 1/2 hour we are going to hand out tickets to everyone in the store and there will be lucky winners. What are we giving away?

• Magazines
• Gift cards
• Yarn
• I will be adding until the day.

If you place a mail order on LYS Day we will be putting everyone’s name in a draw for prizes as well.

Weather permitting we will have a table outside with older magazines and they will be $10 each.

I won’t have internet while on the train with dad and I realized last night that we get home the night before LYS Day. Everything has to be finished before I leave. YIKES!!!

Colour Your Own

Rowan sent out an email today talking about creating your own colourway for the Heirloom Sampler KAL. I started going through some of our Felted Tweed and made up a few kits.

These kits are available online and in the store. They are one of a kind kits and are priced the same as the original colourway of the Heirloom Sampler. If the kit sells I can make you the same colours but it won’t be at the discounted price.

All of a sudden it hit me that LYS day is coming up. Saturday April 25th. I need to get everything in order and fast.

It’s just over 2 weeks until dad and I head to Calgary to get on the Rocky Mountaineer. Dad is so excited.

Please mark your calendar with the following dates that we will be closed.

Sunday April 19th-Friday April 24th

• Friday April 17th is the last day to place an order to have it shipped before we close for the week
• Shipping will resume on Monday April 27th
• I will have limited access to email while I am away
  

Sunday May 3rd-Sunday 10th

• Friday May 1st is the last day to place an order to have it shipped before we close for the week
• Shipping with resume Monday April 11th
• I will have access to my email while I am away

My Happy Camp sweater is growing. I hope there will be lots of knitting tomorrow.

Heirloom Sampler Blanket KAL

These are the Besties Socks from Tin Can Knits. You can purchase the pattern on Ravelry.

The socks are sized from newborn to adult XL. You can use yarn from fingering weight to worsted weight.

Kits for the Heirloom Sampler Blanket KAL are available on the website and in the store. The kit includes 14 balls of Rowan Felted Tweed. All kits ordered before 2pm have been packed and will go out by UPS tomorrow. More kits were ordered after I left the store and we will try to get those out tomorrow.

I’m online grocery shopping while writing my post. We have 30 coming for dinner on Sunday. Easter dinner is lasagna this year. Dad, Beth and Aunt Barb made the lasagna on Sunday afternoon and it’s in the freezer. Aunt Barb’s lasagna is the best.

Now back to my knitting. Tonight’s movie is John Wick. 

Home Again

I want to start my post thanking Beth for looking after dad, the dogs and the house. Dad delivered all our boxes to UPS while I was away so everyone got their purchases in a timely manner. A huge shout out to Lynn for looking after the store. She did a great job while I was away. And Alex for coming in on Friday. Lynn was swamped and having an extra hand was amazing.

I was able to get a bit of knitting done on the plane yesterday afternoon. The colours are looking great. I’m happy to be home to see dad, Beth and the dogs but I miss someone cleaning my room and cooking my food. It’s 3 weeks today that dad and I fly to Calgary.

Lynn’s sweater is blocked. She’s coming in on Wednesday and I’ll get pictures of her wearing it. I can’t wait to see it and feel the yarn. 

I was in the store for most of the day shipping boxes and waiting for Mr. UPS. We received a shipment from Spincycle that included 3 new colours of Dyed in the Wool. This is Hot Minute.

Last Splash

Open Heart

We also received a restock of Dream State and Plump.

A box came from Emma’s last week. We have two more Theme Packs along with a restock of Practically Perfect Sock, Suri Silk and So Sporty.

The April Crazy Beautiful Colour was in the box but I can’t share that with you until Wednesday.

Here is the link to join the KAL.

The kits will be available on our website at midnight. You don’t need to set your alarm - we have lots of kits and lots of extra stock. The Sampler is knit in Rowan Felted Tweed.

Now a bit of knitting before bed.

Last Night

Today we were at CocoCay. What a great day!!!

I was in my deck chair by 8:30 this morning and stayed until 3 this afternoon. The pool was awesome and I enjoyed some time reading. 

There hasn’t been much knitting the past few days. Tonight I finally divided for my sleeves. I’m set for my plane ride tomorrow. I thought that I would accomplish more while I was away but….

I’m sitting on my balcony to write. I have spent a lot of time out here this past week. 

Now I need to pack my suitcase and get it out in the hall before heading out for one last walk around the ship.